The history of Algebra in Italy inthe 14th and 15th centuries. Some Remarks on Recent Historiography Authors Raffaella Franci University of Siena Keywords: History of algebra, Italy, 14th and 15th c Abstract The solution of the algebraic equations of third and fourth degree by Italian algebraists in the first half of the 16th century is considered the beginning of the development of modern mathematics. These results have their roots in Italian vernacular algebra that was taught in Abbacus School and written in a chapter of abbacus treatises since the beginning of the 14thcentury. In recent years many of these treatises has been published and studied. Particular attention has been paid to the origins of Italian vernacular algebra that does not seem linked to al-Khwarizmi’s and Fibonacci’s tradition. In this paper we make a survey of the main 14th century treatises and give some contribution to the problem of the origins. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Nova època, vol. 3 (2) : 2010 Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica.Authors answer to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT) for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.SCHCT declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
